Saving Faith... - Stephanie M. Colon (best thriller novels to read .txt) 📗

to get all the deliveries done. Some places took longer to leave because the women usual wanted to talk to him about his mother and how she was doing, or they wanted to see what he would say if they offered their daughters to him for marriage. He was never interested in any of the young women in Rose Hallow. He always thought he would have to leave the village to find a woman he felt he would want to marry. Now he didn't have to leave. The moment he laid his eyes on Vivian, no matter what horrors she had been through, he knew she was the one. Even covered in dirt and having her clothes in shreds.

 

It had been centuries since he thought of that time, let alone allow himself to miss his life with his family. Sebastian didn't know how long he had sat there but when he finally pushed aside his memories he had a bad feeling. He couldn't describe it but he knew he was being watched and he needed to get back home as soon as he could. As he got up from his seat he turned towards his home and saw a woman standing across the park. She was just out of the spotlight of a street lamp near a large group of shrubbery. Even though his eyesight had been enhanced when he became a vampire he still couldn't make out her face. It was as if she was behind a cloudy veil but he felt like he should know who she was. He was about to walk over and see who it was but he got that feeling of something being wrong and needing to be home so he turned towards the directions of his home for a second. When he turned back the woman was gone and he knew he didn't hear her move so it was very off putting.

Sebastian decided to put the other woman in the back of his mind and rushed home as fast as he could. His only thought was making sure his family was safe. For the first time in centuries it hit him hard exactly what the women he had kept in his home for these last few decades meant to him. He was still trying to figure out what he truly felt for Faith, but Constantine and Cara were his family and he needed to make sure all three women were safe.

Every since Faith came into the castle he had noticed Emily had been acting rather strangely. He noticed the usually quiet woman who would keep to herself most of the time had now become more talkative to him. She would randomly show up in rooms or hallways with him and seemed to flirt. It made him extremely suspicious. He knew he would have to send her home sooner than expected, but that didn't bother him really. The only problem he had with that was that he knew Cara wanted to leave and explore the world and Constantine was getting further along in age that she wouldn't be able to keep the house in the state that it needs to be in. Maybe he should build her her own residence for her to live out the rest of her life in peace and not have to work anymore. Those were thoughts for another time. Right now he needed to just get home and make sure the women were all safe.

When he approached the boarder line of his property he noticed something that seemed extremely odd. Never before had he ever seen this but Emily was walking the perimeter of the property. It seemed like she had been looking for something but the minute he got close she turned towards him and rushed at him. Not knowing what to do he caught her and brought her back into the garden.

“Emily, what is going on? Is everything okay?” Sebastian asked concerned for the safety of everyone in the home.

“Oh, everything is fine. I was looking for you.” Emily replied running her hands over Sebastian's arms and chest. She took the moments Sebastian wasn't looking at her to look at the windows on the second floor to see if Faith was looking out the window. She continued to touch Sebastian seductively until she spotted Faith watching them. That was the perfect time to make her move. “Sebastian!” She exclaimed in urgency running her hands over his body, trying to show a sense of need. “I know I'm supposed to leave in these coming months but I just cant hide my feeling towards you anymore. I need you to touch me, take me, make me yours.” she begged making sure Faith could hear her. Emily threw herself at Sebastian in a way he would have to catch and grab hold if not it would cause them to fall to the ground. When he did grab her and she was close enough to his face she kissed Sebastian with everything she had. She wrapped her legs around his body and held on strongly. He knew something was wrong but he didn't want to hurt the woman. Her strength was extremely strong, stronger than what should be humanly possible.

Sebastian knew at that moment he needed to get rid of her because she was not what she seemed. He pushed Emily off of him and forced her to stand on her own. He looked at her through new eyes and what he saw there he recognized. How did he miss it all this time? He knew he needed to get rid of her as soon as he could manage. “You need to leave tonight. I don't care where you go but you need to get out of my house. As of midnight you are no longer welcome in my home, on my property or near any of my women. I know who you are and you will not do it to me again. You tell your true master that I will kill him if he tries this trick again. Now get your things and leave.”

With that said Sebastian walked into the house without looking back at the so called woman. He was furious that he allowed that thing into his home. How did he not know what she was when he hired her? Had she been one all along? Did he just recently find him? Is that why he felt like someone was watching him? Who was that woman he had seen earlier tonight. He went straight to Constantine to confide in her. She was the only person in the world who truly knew him. She also was the only person in the world who had a natural sense of protection even he was never able to break.

Chapter 8

Constantine was already in her bedroom but he knew she was awake. He felt bad for disturbing her but he needed to talk to someone. He knocked on the door and waited until she opened for him. When she opened the door he saw that sh was already dressed for bed and her hair was slightly messed uo as if she was already laying down in bed when he knocked. He didn't speak until he was in the room and she had closed the door. “Emily is leaving. She was one of them. Do you remember the soulless? The creatures I once told you about?”

“Well hello there Sebastian. How are you doing tonight? No, I'm not about to go to sleep, come on in.” Constantine commented laughingly.

“Dammit this isn't a game Connie.” He called her by the nickname she had told him to call her all those years ago. The none he called her in private because he demanded the others that worked for him treat her with the utmost respect. “HE sent her. I know he did. He has been watching us for who knows how long. Have you ever felt like you were in danger or like someone is watching you?” Sebastian made his point by using his stern commanding voice. He didn't want to make jokes at a time like this. He needed her to know the real danger he felt over the castle and everyone in it. He needed her to understand how worried he truly was. He started to pace the room trying to think. 

“Sebastian, I thought you said he was dead. You said you killed him yourself centuries ago. What happened tonight that makes you think otherwise?” Constantine asked. She was starting to feel true fear, something that she hadn't felt since she met Sebastian. Ever since he saved her she had felt safe, except for now.

“I thought I did.” Sebastian exclaimed as he ran his fingers through his hair. It took him a few moments to realize was making gestures he only made when he was human and scared, which had been centuries ago. He knew what it mean and he didn't like it but he couldn't stop. Now that he had three women in his life who meant everything to him he couldn't help but feel fearful for them. Could I protect them better than I had my own flesh and blood? That had been useless against him last time. What am I supposed to do this time? I know I’m stronger and I know new tricks but would he foresee what I plan? Sebastian couldn't even think to speak his name. “I had seen his body start to burn but I had to get out of there myself or else I would have burned too. Emily is one of those things. I know she is. She tried to throw herself at me. I dont know if she was one all along but she definetly is one now and I know who sent her. HE is the only one I’ve ever seen do something like that. Its cruel to take so much from someone to just leave a shell.”

“What are we going to do Sebastian? By what you had told me decades ago this thing is one to be feared and everyone alive would be smart to stay away from him.” Constantine recalled. She tried to remember everything Sebastian had told her but it had been so long ago and so much has happened that she couldn't remember everything he told her.

“Well for now Emily is leaving tonight. No one is to leave the house after dark except for me. There will be a temporary curfew. No one is to leave or be out of the house an hour before sunset and everyone is to stay inside an hour after the sun rises. I feel danger is coming and I know with him around it will be even more easy for any of you to be harmed. The only times I will leave will be to feed but I wont be long unless we can find a way for me to feed every few days and not have to leave. Don't open the doors to anyone, even Emily.” Sebastian was rambling but he couldn’t help it. He needed to speak to Constantine and he needed her to help him figure things out. Even though he was older he could always go to her for advice. 

“Things don't feel right anymore. What am I to do about Faith? I want her to stay, she will probably want to leave, but I know for a fact it’s too dangerous now. Remember when I brought her back in the house after she had gone for that walk before you all ate dinner? I felt danger and I think it was him. I think he was watching the house and he knows everyone here is human besides me. Emily probably told him about how protective I am of everyone here. Dammit, I don't know what to do. I feel like I need to take you all away and hide you, but that would be a waste of time. I know he can smell everyone of you. Once he gets a